Improvement in fountain blacking-brushes



patent dimite.

ALBERT D. rENTz, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 111,566, dated February 7, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN BLACKING-BRUSHES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: o the same.

To all whom, 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. PENTZ, of the city specification.

My invention relates to blaeking-brushes and boxes, and consists in cert-ain improvements thereon, which will be first described and then clearly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing- -Fignre 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of the brush on the line x x of fig. 2; Figure 2 is a top viewwith the supply-brush turned back on its hinge to show. the aperture in the top of the fountain and the elastic ring and valve arrangement on the back of the supply-brush.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the polishing-brush.

B is the supply-brush.

C is the fountain or chamber on the back of the polishing-brush.

D is the back, to which the bristles E are attached.

The chamber C is formed by attaching sheet metal ofany kind, or any other suitable material, to the back D, so as to form awater-tight chamber or fountain, as seen in iig. 1.

` The handle F' is attached to the fountain in any l suitable manner.

Gr is an aperture in the top of the chamber, surrounded by the fixed guide-ring H.

This ring forms a part of the hinge T, by which the supply-brush is connected with the chamber.

J is the back of the supply-brush, towliich the ,bristles K are attached.

Through this back are orifices L, more or less in number.

M is a metallic baud around the back J, which projects from the back so as to form a` chamber, N, ou the back of thesnpply-brush.v

Ois an elastic ring of rubber or other suitable ma* terial, which is made a little wider in its cross-section than the chamber is deep. This elastic ring is placed iu the chamber surrounding the orifice G in fountain.

Then the supply-brush is clasped to theifountain, as seen at I, lig. 1, the supply-brush or band M will `be slightly raised from the fountain; but there will be Ovei the elastic ring is placed a vthin metallic plate, It, with an orifice in its center, and over the plate is placed a'tlexble disk, S, with an aperture in its center.

The metallic plate R and flexible disk S are confined to the back of the supply-valve by the central screw T.

U is a small disk-valve on the head of the screw '.l.

The orifices through metallic plate and flexible disk are larger than the screw, and are covered by the valve U.

Liquid blacking being placed in the fountain, and the supply-brush being fastened down by the clasp P, the elasticity of the ring O will keep the valve U in close contact'with the flexible disk, and force the disk against the metallic plate R, and thereby close the orifices through both.

In this condition the brush may be carried or handled without leakage; but by pressing the supplybrush down, asin brushing or distributing blacking on a boot or shoe, ,the elastic ring will bev sufficiently,

compressed to loosen the valve-from the flexible disk, and allow the liquid to fiow through the central orifices and through the head of the brush or holes L, thus supplying the blacking to the boot iu qantities proportioned to the pressure applied.

The-common paste-blacking may be placed in the fountain with a little water.l The necessary agitation in brushing will dissolve the paste and give therequired blacking in aliquid state.

By this arrangement a vast amount of time, trouble,

land annoyance are saved, and its advantages must be apparent to all.

Havingthus described my invention,

I'claim as new and desire to secure.by Letters Patent- 1. A polishing-brush, A, and supply-brush B L,

combined with chambers O Narrangedbetween them,

-ring O, combined as 1 described, with the apertnred box C G, and brush B L, for the purpose of graduating the flow of blacking, as set forth.

lVitnesses: ALBERT D. PENTZ.

GEO. W. MABEE, T. B. MosHER. 

